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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Kobe, JP;
Noboru Nakabe, Kobe, JP;
Kiyomitsu Kurosaki, Kobe, JP;
Toshikazu Kayano, Kobe, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Kobe, JP;
Noboru Nakabe, Kobe, JP;
Kiyomitsu Kurosaki, Kobe, JP;
Toshikazu Kayano, Kobe, JP;
Asics Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the upper U of an athletic shoe comprising a first openingout of which the foot sticks upwards during wearing and a second openingwhich is closed with a tongue. The two openingsare continuous with each other, and the upper U comprises a medial side stretchable partwhich covers a part of a medial side face of an arch of the foot, a lateral side stretchable partwhich covers a part of a lateral side face of a ball of a little toe (a fifth toe), a front partlocated forward of the two stretchable partsand a rear partlocated backward of the two stretchable parts. Each of the stretchable partsis provided so as to essentially cross one of side faces of the upper U from a top surface of a sole S to the second opening. Young's modulus along the lengthwise direction L of the foot of each of the stretchable partsis set smaller than that of the front partand the rear part